My wife and I came home this evening after spending it with her classmates from 1974 for their 50th anniversary graduation dinner. This year would be 55 years for me.

God has blessed me with a wonderful woman in my wife. She was recognized as Rev Libby Rowe, which is who she is. When we met it was under difficult circumstances as both of us had separated from our spouses. We eventually moved in with each other out of wedlock due to the fact she was living in a rented room in a house occupied by drug addicts and I was not going to let her continue to live there. She was not a drug user, but if the place ever got raided she would likely be arrested simply because she lived there.

Over time God moved for us on several occasions that I can look back on now and see plainly how He did that. When I was ordained she came to realize this was her direction in life as well as mine. Three years of study later she was also ordained. By this time we had been married five years.

This July we will have been married nine years. She has been blessed as well. God can take a dire situation and make it for His glory. He has forgiven us for our foolishness from fifteen years ago to who we are today. We settled for Him in our lives.

When I look back I see that mere weeks after I separated from my wife God promoted me two GS level in Civil Service. That is an almost ten thousand dollar raise in pay. Of course I lost my shirt, so to speak in the ensuing divorce, but God blessed us with an abundant income to let us live what I consider a good living condition which included a just over a grand a month in alimony. Now that I’m retired I’m still shaking my heard over the fact I make more money a month than I did when I was working. That’s even before I count for my part time income.

God is a good God. He loves me. He loves my wife. He has blessed us. If you’re questioning God’s love for you I beg you to understand He loves you as well. You can’t outgive Him. Theologians will always discuss and argue the finer points of scripture and doctrines. I push all else away with just the one thought. God loves me. I love Him. He loves you Make the knowledge of this the main thrust of your meditation for a few days. Let Him speak to you. You will find you, too, are blessed.